Melt the butter, add the bread crumbs, and when well mixed, the meat, seasoned. Add the beaten yolks of the eggs and stir in a saucepan over the fire until the mixture is heated through. Cool, form into small round balls, cover with egg and bread crumbs and fry in smoking-hot fat.

Why “Cecils”? I dunno. The cover page also has this bit of poetry:

We may live without poetry, music and art,
We may live without conscience and live without heart,
We may live without friends, we may live without books,
But civilized man cannot live without cooks.

Not sure I agree with any but the last of those sentiments, but it’s a funny bit of rhyme.

I’m pairing this one with 1936’s “For Vigorous Health – Sunkist Recipes for Every Day,” published by the California Fruit Growers Exchange of Los Angeles, California. It includes recipes of every kind – a page devoted to Baked Oranges; breads; appetizers; salads and salad dressings; main courses; drinks; and desserts. Then there’s the menu guide (different meals, child’s diet, reducing diet, invalid diet), suggestions and hints for entertaining, place settings for breakfast, luncheon, and dinner; and household uses for lemons. All this in only 48 pages (including index)!

There’s also a picture of “The New Sunkist Kitchen,” which I’ve scanned as an example of a top-of-the-line kitchen for 1936 – complete with ice chest and what looks like an electric stove. And decorated with oranges, of course.